Group Discussion: Preparedness Hot Tip OR Your Prepping Questions
Let us know what you're thinking
Hi All,
I’m doing something a little different this week. I’m opening it up to you all to help me build this week’s content. One of the things I love about this community is hearing from you all.
You’ve probably gathered that I’m no expert in preparedness, nor am I the perfect (or even good) example of preparedness. I’m doing my best to get fully prepared, but I don’t even have an emergency kit in my car. Typing that just now made me feel very guilty which might also help me just buckle down and do it!
My point is, so many of you are prepared or are doing the honest work to get prepared. And a lot of you are also like me—trying to figure out how to not get overwhelmed by preparedness but taking some steps little by little.
With that, I’d like this to be a group discussion in the comments section. So please share either your wisdom and/or your questions.
The discussion prompts are thus:
What are your hot tips for preparedness? Do you have a brilliant preparedness hack that you came across? Do you have a favorite tool or product? Do you have any tips on how you overcame your own preparedness anxiety? We want your wisdom, share it all. And…
What are your preparedness questions and concerns? If you find yourself in the desire-to-be-prepared-but-aren’t-quite-there mode, let us know what you’re questioning or where you’re confused or anxious. And if you have an answer to those questions or concerns, please feel free to add those in.
With that, have at it and go forth and share your thoughts and comments.
Okay my hot tip that I will scream for the rooftops is...
If you wear contacts, the MOST IMPORTANT THING to prep is to get spare glasses for every car and go-bag.
Imagine not being able to go home and get your glasses???
Devastating!
(I found cheaper pairs online at www.zennioptical.com but I'm not an affiliate/promoter or anything.)
I think end of winter/spring is a great time to drag out all your bags of things for car/home/whatever and chuck what isn't working/expired and give me a reason to buy a stupid new thing. My big hot tip is we have lots of animals (dogs, cats, chickens) so in order to prep for possible food needs I buy (at least for dogs and cats) dehydrated raw diet food because it's smaller packaging, but lots of food when rehydrated, stays fresh for a year or two and when it's close to expiring I just feed it to my animals and restock.